I live in St. Louis, MO, but my heart and soul hang out at the beach. I am a multi-genre, award winning writer and speaker. I am a seasoned pre-k teacher, on line writing instructor, wife, mother, Nana to eleven. Hopefully, something I say will make you smile, further your writing career, or inspire you to write from the heart, too.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

How I lay me down to slumber

Landlocked in fluffy blankets, I cruise the Great Muddy as it percolates into the Gulf of Mexico where an ocean breeze snatches my sigh and whips it out to sea on a turquoise wave.Salt air smoothes my skin, briny water tames my mane. My worries silhouette in fire-glow sunsets.

I pillow my head on cold winter nights, snuggle, and lie on warm sugar sands watching dolphins arc as a steady percussive rhythm pounds in my ear.Time thumbs the pages of my life faster than I can “X” off another day,yet it seems a lifetime until summer vacation.

Every year we go to Florida. This year we booked our first Carribean cruise. I'm nervous, but I can't wait. Any cruisers out there have any advice for a newbie?

Went on a cruise with my kids once and really worried about my daughter, because she tends to get motion sickness. We didn't feel the motion on our boat, though! It was too big. Oh, the things you'll write about after!

Tom and I went a couple years ago--did the Western Caribbean cruise on Royal Caribbean. My best advice is to make your reservation in the ship's fancy restaurant immediately, or you won't get to go there. We missed our chance.

Hi Syl,Montego Bay, Grand Caymen, and Cozumel. We liked R.C. but the airfare was 2 grand from here to Miami because it was a weekend, so we are driving to Mobile, AL and leaving from that port, which saved $2,000 right off the bat. I am looking forward to it, but mid summer is a long way off.

I am an online writing instructor at http://Coffeehouseforwriters.com/our-instructors/"Life is an echo.What you send out, comes back.What you sow, you reap.What you give, you get.What you see in others,exists in you. Remember, life is an echo.It always gets back to you.So, give GOODNESS."~Zig Zagler